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college outcomes Archives

2 weeks ago | aei.org | Preston Cooper |Beth Akers |Anna Low |Mark Schneider

Post The Senate’s Higher Education Reforms Are Strong (But Could Be Stronger) Report A Template for Considering New University Accreditors Post Ten Things College Trustees Should Remember Post Six Ways College Trustees Can Improve Their Students’ ROI Post State Governments Could Do More to Hire for Skills, Not Degrees Post Congress’s Unique Opportunity to Fix Federal Student Loans Testimony High Costs, Uneven Value: Repairing the Federal Role in Postsecondary Education Report How State...
Tag Archive: School funding

1 month ago | aei.org | John Yoo |Naomi Schaefer Riley |Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson

Press Discussing the funding battle between Trump and Harvard: Yoo on Fox News’ ‘America Reports’ Op-Ed Minnesota’s War on Charter Schools Post The Scale of Foreign Investments in US Higher Education is Huge—but Mostly Unmeasured Post A Consensus on Common-Sense Education Reform Post Miguel Cardona’s Flawed “Fight for Public Education” Post School Pandemic Funds Run Out Soon. What Should Come Next? Op-Ed Don’t Trust EdFund Op-Ed Virginia’s Gov. Youngkin Offers A Republican Path On Pre-K...
Higher Education Reform Archives

1 month ago | aei.org | Frederick M. Hess |Mark Schneider |Jonah Goldberg |Greg Fournier
Tag Archive: financial aid

1 month ago | aei.org | Naomi Schaefer Riley |James Piereson |Preston Cooper |Mark Schneider

Op-Ed Financial Aid Follies: The Trump Administration and College Affordability Op-Ed Increasing Financial Aid Isn’t the Solution to High College Costs Report American Enterprise Institute Trends in Net College Tuition and Financial Aid, 1990–2020 Op-Ed If the Education Department Can’t Be Closed, at Least Fix It by Breaking It Up Post The College Enrollment Plunge Is the Biden Administration’s Disaster Op-Ed Watchdog: Education Department Utterly Failed New FAFSA Launch Op-Ed Rhodes and...
Education Policy Archives

1 month ago | aei.org | Mark Schneider |Robert Pondiscio |Frederick M. Hess |Greg Fournier

Post OECD Participation Is a Dull Tool for Improving American Education Event The Hidden Beliefs That Shape Your Students: An Introduction to Primal World Beliefs Event “The Child Is Not the Mere Creature of the State”: Pierce v.
The NAEP 2024 Rundown (with Marty West and Mark Schneider)

Feb 5, 2025 | aei.org | Nat Malkus |Mark Schneider |Martin West

On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Marty West and Mark Schneider about 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results in 4th and 8th grade reading and math.
Are China’s International Test Scores Too Good to Be True?

Jan 14, 2025 | aei.org | With Nat Malkus |Derek Scissors |Nicholas Eberstadt |Mark Schneider

On the most recent round of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Chinese students’ mean math and science scores were over 100 points higher than the corresponding averages for countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), implying that Chinese students are two or more years ahead of OECD pupils in these fields. But how accurate are these figures?
Is There a Mismatch Between American Workers’ Skills and Jobs?

Jan 14, 2025 | aei.org | Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson

“Reskilling” and “upskilling” are common buzzwords in discussions of career and technical training. These terms refer to imparting new skills to workers, enabling them to take on enhanced roles and responsibilities and enabling their employers to better face changing demands for goods and services. Given our dynamic economy, it’s not surprising that interest in improving the skills of workers is increasing. A Google Ngram search (Fig. 1) shows that the use of “reskilling” has skyrocketed. Figure 1.
We Aren’t Testing Students on the Computer Skills They Actually Need

Nov 19, 2024 | aei.org | Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson

The results of the 2023 International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) were just released. ICILS is given to a sample of eighth-grade students and is supposed to measure their ability to use information and communications technology. Including the United States, 35 education systems worldwide participated in the study of “computer and information literacy,” while a subset of 24 also participated in the optional computational thinking module.
Government Contracting for “America’s Report Card” is Broken

Nov 12, 2024 | aei.org | Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson

If you tried to apply for federal student aid this 2024–2025 school year, you would have been met with a glitch-filled online form created using 40-year-old code, released three months behind schedule, and that might have arrived too late for a college to offer you the aid you applied for.